Shoe.



H. M. HANSEN.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED APR-14.1915. RENEWED NOV- 14.1916.

Patented Feb. 6,1917.

Ii- I- 19 I N VENTU a; H. M .HA\N5 EN ATI'U RNEYE HANS 1V1. HANSEN, OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG-NGR TO LENA DE RUSHA, 3F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Application filed April 14, 1915, Serial No. 21,339.

s State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shoes especially adapted for running and other athletic exercises.

The invention has for its obj ect to provide a shoe the bottom of which is of relatively solid and substantial construction at its fore and heel parts, while its shank portion is more than ordinarily flexible and is composed in part of the material of the upper.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification:

Figures 1 and 2 represent side views of the parts or sections employed in making the upper of my improved shoe;

Fig. 3 represents a side elevation of the completed shoe;

Fig. 4 represents a bottom view of the same;

Fig. 5 represents a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 5 represents an portion of Fig. 5;

Fig. 6 represents a section on line 66 of Fig. 3.

The same reference characters indicate the same or similar parts in all the views.

The upper of my improved shoe may be made in two longitudinally extending sections 12 and 13, the edge portions 14 and 15 of which are stitched together to form toe and heel seams, the heel seam being shown at 16 by Fig. 6. If desired, however, the toe or vamp portion of the upper may be seamless.

An extension 17 is formed on the upper at the lower edge of one of its sides, said extension being preferably on the inner side of the upper and formed as an integral part of the section 12, as shown by Fig. 1.

The extension 17 is bent inwardly, as indicated by Fig. 6, its form and location being such that it forms the outer layer of the shank portion of the shoe bottom.

Said bottom includes two spaced-apart outer sole members 18 and 19, one of which enlargement of a Specification of Letters Patent.

t01n is extremely Patented Feb. 6, 11917.

Renewed November 14, 1916. Serial No. 131,327.

constitutes a sole tap and the other a heel tap, these members being preferably made of sole leather and secured to the lower edge of the upper in any suitable way. I prefer to secure the outer sole members to the upper by McKay sewed stitches 20, although, if desired, the parts may be united by Goodyear sewed stitches, welts being our ployed, or the upper and sole members may be united'in the same way that the upper and a continuous outer sole are united in the operation of making a turned shoe.

21 represents an inner sole which extends the entire length of the shoe bottom and bridges the space between the outer sole 3 members 18 and 19, the shank portion of the inner sole being in contact with the upper extension 17 and secured thereto by a series of longitudinally extending fastenings 22 and another series ing fastenings 23, said fastenings being preferably hand-sewed stitches applied after the outer sole members have been attached to the upper. The fastenings 22 pass through the edge portion of the upper opposite the edge portion on which the extension 17 is formed, as indicated by Fig. 6, said edge portion being overlapped by the extension 17 and interposed between the latter and the inner sole.

The front and rear edges of the extension 17 are overlapped by the corresponding edges of the outer sole members 18 and 19, as shown by Figs. 1 and 5. The overlapping ends of the outer sole members are secured to the extension 17 and to the inner sole by a transversely extending series of stitches or other fastenings 25.

As shown by Fig. 1, a portion of the material of the section 12 may be cut out to form a. tapering recess 26. The edges of this recess are brought together and united by stitches 27, the result being a seam 28 which extends crosswise of the shank and above the same at one side of the upper, as indicated by Figs. 3 and 4:. The object of this construction is to impart an arched form to the extension 17 and to prevent an undesirable fullness of the side portion of the upper adjacent to the extension. The

recess 26 may be omitted if desired.

The shoe above described is of substantial and durable construction and its botflexible atthe shank portion.

of longitudinally extend- Having described my invention,I claim:

1. A shoe comprising an upper having an extension projecting from the lower edge of one of its side portions and bent across the shoe bottom to form an exposed member of the shank portion of said bottom, one end of said extension overlapping the lower edge portion of the opposite side portion of the upper, an inner sole attached to said exten sion and to the said overlapped edge portion by longitudinally extending fastenings, the shank portion of the inner sole and the upper extension forming a liexible two-part shank, and two spaced-apart outer sole members stitched to the upper, one forming a fore part tap and the other a heel tap, said members covering the forward and rear edges of the said extension and being secured thereto by transversely extending fastenings.

2. A shoe comprising an upper having an extension projecting from the lower edge of one of its side portions and bent across the shoe bottom to form an exposed member of the shank portion of said bottom, one end of said extension overlapping the loweredge portion of the opposite side portion of the upper, an inner sole attached to said extension and to the said overlapped edge portion by longitudinally extending fastenings, the shank portion of the inner sole and the upper extension forming a flexible two-part shank, and two spaced-apart outer sole mem- K bers stitched to the upper, one forming a fore part tap and the other a heel tap, said members covering the forward and rear edges of the said extension and being se- HANS M. HANSEN.

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